Travis Allen

Travis Allen (14 September 1973-) was a member of the California General Assembly (R-72) from 3 December 2012 to 30 November 2018, succeeding Jim Silva and preceding Tyler Diep.

Biography
Travis Allen was born in San Diego, California in 1973, and he was raised in Chula Vista and became a certified financial planner. In 2012, he was elected to the General Assembly as a Republican delegate from Huntington Beach in Orange County, and he was known for his brash style, his criticism of his party's donors, and his support for Donald Trump and his promise to build a border wall. In 2018, he lost re-election to the General Assembly, and he ran for Chairman of the California Republican Party. He was a favorite among grassroots activists due to his insistence that only moving the party further to the right and embracing conservative values would lead to the party regaining support after the catastrophic 2018 midterm elections, but the establishment candidate Jessica Patterson won the election in February 2019, promising to focus on local issues and to diversify the party. San Diego city councilman Carl DeMaio said that Allen's election would have been the final nail in the coffin for the CA GOP, as his hostility towards the party's biggest donors would have led to its financial and organizational ruin.